Video Games

• Winnipeg Game Jam: A race against time to create playable masterpieces in 3 days

  Game developers in Winnipeg are racing against time to create a playable masterpiece in just three days at an annual weekend event known as the Winnipeg Game Jam. 

  Canada

  Feb 24
  
• Big sales — and big layoffs. What’s roiling the video game industry?

  The video game industry had one of its best years, setting sales records, but also one of its worst as studios fired thousands of employees. What's behind the turmoil?

  Economy

  Feb 21
  
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• Missing 16-year-old girl found with the help of World of Warcraft, police say

  Thomas Ebersole, 31, was arrested in connection with the teen girl's disappearance.

  U.S. News

  Jan 8
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• PlayStation’s new controller a ‘game-changer’ for people with disabilities: Edmonton man

  Zach Weeks has cerebral palsy and playing sports growing up “wasn’t really in the question,” so he turned to virtual sports in the world of video games.

  Jul 24, 2023
• Fortnite ‘as addictive as possible’ to kids, B.C. parent claims in proposed class-action

  In the lawsuit filed in B.C. Supreme Court on Friday, the plaintiff says her son downloaded Fortnite in 2018 and "developed an adverse dependence on the game."

  Lifestyle

  Mar 20, 2023
• UBC research draws new links between video game ‘loot boxes’ and gambling

  Loot boxes are mystery boxes within a game that, when opened, pay out a randomized prize which could, potentially, be a valuable in-game item.

  Canada

  Mar 7, 2023
• Gotta keep ’em all? Nintendo raising wages 10% to secure workforce as profit slumps

  Nintendo announced a plan to hike employee wages 10 per cent to 'secure' its workforce even as its profit took a hit in the recent period.

  Economy

  Feb 8, 2023
• Krafton announces new video game studio in Montreal with fantasy title first up

  The Krafton studio is just the latest to pop up in the Montreal gaming hotbed which is already home to Behaviour Interactive, Bethesda, Ubisoft, among others.

  Economy

  Feb 8, 2023
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• Take a sneak-peek tour of Super Nintendo World, opening next month

  Fans of the Super Mario Bros. video games will be psyched.

  Trending

  Jan 20, 2023
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• $5,000 worth of video game cartridges stolen from Kent Street business in Lindsay: police

  Police say on Tuesday a suspect entered a Kent Street West business and broke into a locked video game cabinet.

  Crime

  Jan 19, 2023